"I just don't want it getting around that I'm easy prey for any vampire who comes along asking nicely enough." Or easy anything, for that matter.

"I'm a girl, not a human juice-box," she added defiantly. She'd stopped moving away from him, because she didn't want him thinking she was still a scared little girl. And also, all that backing up was doing was putting her closer to the bed, which wasn't a very good spot for decision-making. If she was going to do this she wanted to be clear-headed about it.